The Initiation
Be young, stay young ... and die young.
1984
Rated
R
97
minutes
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
★★★★★
★★★★★
2.8
An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.
Language
English
Release Date
December 7, 1984
Cast
Vera Miles
Frances Fairchild
Clu Gulager
Dwight Fairchild
Daphne Zuniga
Kelly Fairchild
James Read
Peter
Marilyn Kagan
Marcia
Robert Dowdell
Jason Randall
Patti Heider
Nurse Higgins
Frances Peterson
Megan
Hunter Tylo
Alison (as Deborah Morehart)
Paula Knowles
Beth
Trey Stroud
Ralph
Peter Malof
Andy
Christopher Bradley
Chad
Joy Jones
Heidi
Mary Davis Duncan
Gwen
Rusty Meyers
Nightwatchman
Christi Michelle Allen
Kelly (9 years old)
Cheryl Foster
Sorority Girl
Diane Page
Sorority Girl
Traci Odom
Sorority Girl
Melissa Toomin
Sorority Girl
Jennifer Suttles
Sorority Girl
Dan Dickerson
Detective
Ronald M. Hubner
Motorcycle Cop
Jerry L. Clark
Orderly
Kathy Lee Kennedy
Nurse
Lance Funston
Student
Andrea Vaccarello
Student
Show Full Crew
Directing
Larry Stewart
Director
Anne Rapp
Script Supervisor
Ned Dowd
Second Assistant Director
John M. Colwell
First Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Jock Gaynor
Executive Producer
Scott Winant
Producer
Bruce Lansbury
Executive Producer
Anita Dann
Casting
Gregory Hinton
Production Consultant
J. Grey Smith
Production Assistant
Terri Martin
Production Assistant
Karen Vice
Casting Assistant
John M. Colwell
Unit Production Manager
Lee Clark
Casting
Wade Duncan
Location Manager
Terry Cullender
Production Assistant
Samai Brown
Production Coordinator
Kimberley Scripps
Production Assistant
Sound
John Pritchett
Sound Mixer
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas M. Lackey
Music Editor
David Dockendorf
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wayne Bell
Boom Operator
Anthony Ippolito
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Tyler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gabriel Black
Original Music Composer
Lance Ong
Original Music Composer
Camera
Robert Dowdell
Still Photographer
Henry Tirl
First Assistant Camera
George Tirl
Director of Photography
Chris Espeset
Key Grip
Michael Dunson
Grip
Mike Halbert
Grip
Daniel Keesey
Dolly Grip
Robert Guerrero
Second Assistant Camera
Editing
Art
Brian Cowden
Assistant Set Decoration
Brian Cowden
Assistant Property Master
Lynn Covey
Assistant Set Decoration
Lynn Covey
Assistant Property Master
Ellen Freund
Set Decoration
Ellen Freund
Property Master
Jeffrey Scholten
Assistant Set Decoration
Jeffrey Scholten
Assistant Property Master
Costume & Make-Up
Carla Rulien
Makeup Artist
Hilary Courage
Wardrobe Assistant
Michael J. Randall
Hairstylist
Shirley Hall Phillips
Wardrobe Master
Crew
Russell Towery
Stunts
Gregg Brazzel
Stunts
Randy Fife
Stunt Coordinator
Randy Fife
Stunts
Jack Bennett
Special Effects
Harland Espeset
Cableman
Jack 'Deuce' Bennett II
Special Effects Assistant
Billie Jean Gaither
Stunts
Lighting